Scholarship Central receives grant for AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides

Scholarship Central is looking for five recent college graduates to serve as Ohio College Guides in the area high schools. The positions require a bachelor's degree and the interest in making a difference and impact in the community working with high school students.

AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides are recent college graduates that serve alongside counselors and faculty in local high schools to provide a pipeline of new and current information about the college-going-process and experience. The guides help students with career exploration, college selection, scholarship searches and applications and all steps of the financial aid process.

This past school year, statewide, the Ohio College Guides served more than 31,000 students, surpassing the program's goal by over 15,000 students.

Locally, College Guides served in several high schools including John Glenn High School, Maysville High School, Mid-East Career and Technology Center, Philo High School, and Zanesville High School.

The College Guides also were involved in several community service projects, helping local students in the college-going-process.

For more information about the AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides, contact Heather Sands at The Muskingum County Community Foundation, Scholarship Central Program, 534 Putnam Ave., 740-453-5192, hsands@mccf.org or visit www.mccf.org.

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Scholarship Central receives grant for AmeriCorps Ohio College Guides

Scholarship Central is looking for five recent college graduates to serve as Ohio College Guides in the area high schools.